Rosetta Capponi

“«… non era facile conoscere uomini liberi in quegli anni, perché i maschi adulti erano due milioni in meno delle femmine. “Donne in eccedenza”, così venivano chiamate quelle rimaste nubili a causa della guerra e che difficilmente si sarebbero sposate, una minaccia, anzi una vera tragedia per una società fondata sul matrimonio. I giornalisti avevano coniato quell’etichetta, che equivaleva quasi a un marchio d’infamia per chi la portava.»
Citazione scelta da Sabrina Colombo”
― Tracy Chevalier, A Single Thread

“And then I laugh, because it's so ridiculous and so gorgeous and it's all I can do to not melt into a fit of giggles. [...] If they're willing to accept me and my guilty conscience, why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?”
― Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants

“Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?”
― James Joyce, The Dead

“I choose to love you in silence…
For in silence I find no rejection,

I choose to love you in loneliness…
For in loneliness no one owns you but me,

I choose to adore you from a distance…
For distance will shield me from pain,

I choose to kiss you in the wind…
For the wind is gentler than my lips,

I choose to hold you in my dreams…
For in my dreams, you have no end.”
― Rumi